German Parliament Defeats Bismarck Anti Socialist Bill
Despotic measures proposed by Bismarck to make permanent wartime powers faced strong opposition in the Reichstag. Members argued such a law would permit exile and detention without trial, creating a police tyranny that overrode common law. Public sentiment favored liberty and progress.
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William
Bismarck
Bismark
Reichstag
Germany
Bismarck Has A Great Hedr
Kaiser
Edmunds bill seeks Utah school system reorganization
Senator Edmunds introduces a bill to remove Utah public schools from Mormon control. A territorial school commissioner with the governor and probate judge would appoint county superintendents, prohibit sectarian books, and add temperance and morals instruction. The piece endorses federal action as progress and notes Massachusetts unmarried women hold sizable savings, contrasting with men.
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Edmunds
Utah
Territory
Congress
Wichita man wins claim against fire creditors
A Wichita business owner faced a creditor attempt to seize a thousand bushels of corn held as fuel. The court ruled the attachment illegal, upholding the debtor's claim that the corn was his winter supply.
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Kansas
Wichita
Funeral of Gen George Crook Draws Chicago Thousands
Gen George Crook lies in state at the Grand Pacific as Chicagoans file through for a last view. Clergy from Second Presbyterian, Dr McPherson, Prof Swing, and Dr Clinton Locke deliver tributes. Mrs Crook and companions view the body before the procession to the depot.
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George Crook
Maryland
Grand Pacific
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Chicago
Second Presbyterian Church
Thomas
Job
Swing
Clinton Locke
Crook
Washington the Depot
Turmoil in Colorado City Over Saloon Fireings
A Colorado City dispatch reports tense riots between saloonists and assailants with residents patrolling streets armed. Firefighters arrived to aid as threats to burn more houses linger and the mayor considers asking the governor to call state militia. The violence has sparked strong citizen indignation and warnings of swift punishment for arson.
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Colorado City
Stockbridge
Seys
Fire Department
Colorado Springs
Horn Cloud's Fatal Love at Standing Rock Agency
A Standing Rock incident ends in murder and suicide. Horn Cloud, in love with Julia, shoots No Water after she refuses him, then shoots himself and dies by self-inflicted fire. Julia is badly wounded.
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Pau
Minn
Standing Rock Indian Agency
North Dakota
Devil’s Lake Agency
Julia
Standing Rock Agency
Horn Cloud
No Water
Anti Lottery League Formed in New Orleans
An anti lottery league has been formed by prominent citizens to oppose extending the charter of the Louisiana Lottery Company. Members include Judge McGloin Tax Collector Parker ex United States Attorney Parlange Judge Ellis Col Hill Rev B Carradine President Coleman of the Catholic Knights and President Morris of the Canal Bank.
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New Orveans
Louisiana Lottery Company
McGloin
Parker
United States
Parlange
Ellis
Col. Hill
B. Carradine
Coleman
The
Catholic Knights
Morris
Canal Bank
Press Club Banquet Speech Praises Journalists
New York on March 22 Col G G Intee oll addressed the press club banquet praising journalists. He said he likes the press and men who can create something, noting that ordinary facts show stupidity while brains tell it as it ought to have been.
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New York
Col. BR. G. Intee Oll
Press Club
Press
White Man Hanged for Killing a Negro in Grenada
Memruts Tenn March 20. M. J. Cheatham, white, was hanged at Grenada Mississippi at 1 30 this afternoon for the murder of John Tilman colored on July 10
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Mississippi
Tilman
Grenada
M. J. Cheatham
Jim Lemon
White
Jake
Lee Irvin
Conelius Robinson
Memruts
Tenn
Miss
John Tilman
Charge of Judge Hughes to the Grand Jury
Avousta Georgia March 22 The court of general sessions of Barnwell county convened with Judge J H Hughes. His charge to the grand jury condemned the lynching of eight black prisoners, calling it an outrageous violation of law and a "Dutchery" without precedent. He urged discovery and punishment of the perpetrators to vindicate the law.
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Court of General Sessions
Barnwell County
J. H. Hughes
collision near La Valle injures six passengers
A Northwestern road collision at La Valle station, Baraboo area, injured six passengers. Nos. 4 and 5 trains met to couple there. No. 5 struck the smoking car, tipping it on its side. An elderly man with multiple injuries and possible death, another with a fractured skull, and Jesse Hume of Pleasant Grove Minnesota were among the injured. Names of all injured not yet available.
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Wisconsin
Baraboo
Lavalle Station
Twen
Jesse Hume
Pleasant Grove
Minn
Widows sue over Nottingham mine disaster damages
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on March 21 the widows of eight men killed by a gas explosion sue the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co for 100000 dollars. They allege negligence in failing to provide adequate ventilation and claim a recent change in mine bosses worsened conditions.
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Nottingham
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
In Favor of the Mill Tax Meeting Supports Gulf Line
A large city meeting Wednesday night urged voting a 5 mill tax for the Gulf Shreveport and Sabine railway. Speakers included William H. Wise John S. Young and Simon Levy. Election on the tax is set for next Saturday.
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John S. Young
Simon Levy
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Mahone Named Consul General at Paris in Place of Rathbone
A special to the Evening Post reports the administration will appoint Gen. William Mahone of Virginia as consul general at Paris replacing Gen. Rathbone. The move follows March decisions in Washington. Mahone’s appointment signals a key diplomatic posting to France.
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The
Evening Post
William Mahone
Virginia
Paris
Rathbone
Rivalry Waning at Cairo and Various 1890s Items
Across this column a brisk mix of notes appears: Cairo sees a rapid rival decline. English coal strikes end with concessions. Robins flood Columbus County Indiana. Crazy Horse taught in Oklahoma City. Gen George Crook born near Bayton Ohio. Illinois wheat harmed by weather. Papal talks push European disarmament. The list also covers epidemics in Midland City Illinois, a New Orleans cycling match, Russian policy toward China, a detective killed, a massacre in Upum us, deaths including Jonathan Young Scrammon and Ezekiel Sullivan, Nebraska farmer destitution denial, and various political, legal, and transportation items from across the U.S. and Canada.
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Crazy Horse
Oklahoma City
George Crook
Bayton
Midland City
New Orleans
Bcycle Club
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